The end of March is lambing time on farms across the North of England. It’s a very busy time for our farmers who are often working round the clock to ensure the new lambs are safely delivered, the ewes know how to look after them, the lambs have had a drink of their mother’s milk, and that everything is generally ok. After the recent cold weather grass is still not growing much so in addition to looking after the lambing they are also still having to make sure everything has access to plenty hay or silage. Beacuse of all that it is perhaps no wonder that a couple of our farmers will be missing this weekend: Ann Gray from Ravensworth Farm and Carron Craighead for Middlemay Lamb will both be missing this weekend.
We are very pleased though to welcome back Brian from Northumbria Preserves, maker of fantastic jams and chutneys and the best roast tomato relish we know, and Tim Foxall, maker of spatulas that travel the world.